Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute

Forest Roadless Rule Delayed 60 Days

BACKGROUND: Today the Federal Register published a "final rule delay of effective date" for the Forest Service Roadless rule. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman signed the delay Jan. 29, 2001. The delay pushes the effective date from March 13 to ...
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Jim Jeffords’ New Proposed “Multi-Pollutant” Bill Would Cost Jobs And Billions Of Dollars

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: A Senate hearing was held October 31, 2001 discussing S. 556, the air pollution legislation of Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT), which would force cuts of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, mercury and carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The Environmental ...
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Robert Redford Urges Letters To Senators To Stop “Drill The Arctic” Plan, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Actor Robert Redford has sent an e-mail to Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) members asking them to contact their senators about the "pro-oil energy bill" endorsed by the White House. In his four page letter, dated October 31, Redford ...
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Can Alternative Energy Make Us Less Dependent on Mideast Oil, and Help Win the War?

The Relief Report /
Contents: Time To Quit Trying To Wish Our Way Out of Dependence on Mideast Oil Good News About the Environment: A Review of Bjorn Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist Time To Quit Trying To Wish Our Way Out of Dependence on ...
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Terrorism and Nuclear Power: What are the Risks? by Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford

National Policy Analysis #374 /
Synopsis: In view of how difficult it is to create widespread havoc by attacking nuclear power plants, sophisticated terrorists will not see them as attractive targets. A determined group, however, could cause some disruption and garner a lot of public ...
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Wishes Won’t Fuel Our Economy: We Need Oil Drilling

National Policy Analysis #375 /
Wordsmiths tell us the phrase "you can't get blood from a turnip" has been around since 1666.1 You'd think 335 years would be long enough to get the point across, but apparently not, because some environmentalists still believe alternative energy ...
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In Movie Theater Ads, Actor Martin Sheen Attacks Proposed ANWR Drilling

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Actor Martin Sheen, who plays the president on the TV show "West Wing," is starring in an ad attacking proposed oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). In the ad, Sheen says, "The Arctic Refuge ­ is ...
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Senate Democrats Fight Energy Bill

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BACKGROUND: Though the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved President Bush's energy bill, in the Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) has refused to bring it to the floor. The reason: He fears losing a debate on drilling in the ...
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Martial Arts for Media Watchers: A Review of Steven J. Milloy’s “Junk Science Judo – Self Defense Against Health Scares and Scams,” by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #371 /
If you plan on reading another newspaper or watching the nightly news, you need to read Steven J. Milloy's Junk Science Judo - Self Defense Against Health Scares and Scams.1 Milloy's new book is written to enable the reader - ...
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Good News About the Environment: A Review of Bjorn Lomborg’s “The Skeptical Environmentalist”

National Policy Analysis #372 /
You can tell you've won the debate when your opponent's remaining intellectual argument is to throw a pie in your face. Bjorn Lomborg, a former Greenpeace supporter, experienced that happy and, perhaps, tasty satisfaction during a talk at a Borders ...
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